Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine | Wyvern Research Institute

Reliquary châsse with the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty, French (Limoges), c. 1195-1200, champlevé enamel on copper, engraved and gilded, with applied gilt-copper heads, on a wood (probably oak) core; h. 20.1 cm x l. 15.6 cm x d. 8cm

Buckle, Visigoth, 6th century, bronze with glass inlays; h. 14.5 cm x w. 7.5 cm

Horse aquamanile, North German (Lower Saxony), c. 1400, copper alloy; h. 25.5 cm x l. 29 cm (inc. tail and spout)

Crozier with the Presentation in the Temple, French (Limoges), c.1230-40, champlevé enamel on copper, gilded with glass beads; h. 30cm, (volute) 11.5 cm x w. (volute) 12.5cm

Akan Commemorative Head, Ghana, unknown date, terracotta; h. 35 cm

Diptych with St George and the Virgin Eleousa, Ethiopia and possibly Crete, c. 1500 and c. 1480-90, tempera and gold on wood; h. 12.2 cm x w. 20 cm (open)

Zagwe processional cross, Ethiopia, 12th - 13th century, bronze; h. 26 cm x w. 14 cm

Reliquary châsse with the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty, French (Limoges), c. 1195-1200, champlevé enamel on copper, engraved and gilded, with applied gilt-copper heads, on a wood (probably oak) core; h. 20.1 cm x l. 15.6 cm x d. 8cm
Buckle, Visigoth, 6th century, bronze with glass inlays; h. 14.5 cm x w. 7.5 cm
Horse aquamanile, North German (Lower Saxony), c. 1400, copper alloy; h. 25.5 cm x l. 29 cm (inc. tail and spout)
Crozier with the Presentation in the Temple, French (Limoges), c.1230-40, champlevé enamel on copper, gilded with glass beads; h. 30cm, (volute) 11.5 cm x w. (volute) 12.5cm
Akan Commemorative Head, Ghana, unknown date, terracotta; h. 35 cm
Diptych with St George and the Virgin Eleousa, Ethiopia and possibly Crete, c. 1500 and c. 1480-90, tempera and gold on wood; h. 12.2 cm x w. 20 cm (open)
Zagwe processional cross, Ethiopia, 12th - 13th century, bronze; h. 26 cm x w. 14 cm

Zagwe processional cross, Ethiopia, 12th - 13th century, bronze; h. 26 cm x w. 14 cm

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